Machine for quenching coke.



T. J. MITCHELL L J. A. MCCREARY.

MACHINE PoR QUENGHING COKE.

APPLIGATIOK ULEB IBB. 3, 1910.

956,397; Patented Apr.26,1910.

gn enters L ba/AIM A dmmmp T. J. MITCHELL L J. A. MCCREARY. MAUHINB fox QUENGHING COKE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3. 1910.

Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

if 30 if .i4 i j fili* T. J. MITCHELL & J. A. McGRBAR-Y.

v MACHINE OR QUENCHNG COKE.

APPLICATION NLB 1111.3. 1910.

4 SHEETS-SHEET s,

` 956,397. Patented Apr. 26, 1910A lIncaaes l nii T. J. MITCHELL L J. A. MCCRBARY.

n I MACHINE FOR QUENGHING COKE. n .APPLIGATIOB FILED rnB.s.191o. 1 956,097. y

y; lvhw'aua Q 14mm? i Un'irnn sfritrnsirnnr OFFICE* 'THOMAS J. MTCHELL AND JAMES A. MCCREARY, OF UNIONTOWN, YENNSYLVANIA.

MACHNE FOR QUENCHING COKE.

956,391 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 28, 1910,

Y Application filed February 3, i910. Serial No. 541.749.

To all irl/om -it may concern: ployed method of quenching colte by means le itlfnown that we,' l`in\.\r.is I, h'ii'rciiELL of water sprayed iiito the oven from :i hose :tml .Sini-:s jx. Motfmntiii" c ens of the in the hands of :iii operator :it 'theiiiouth of liiiei, States, rt lidingg :it Uniontown, in the oven. 60

- A r v 5 I n, vthiL county?l or I* ayette :intl ntzite of Peiiiisylihe present intention is designed to f muni, have invented :i new and useful Miithrow u. large qiiiiiitity of Water onto the ifliiue t'or Qiieiiehing (loire, of which ,tlie'fol- Surface of the burning coke within the oven wing is a Specimtim). :intl contemplates an apparatus which may ThisA iiixi-iii/ in hns refr-.renee to iiiiprovehe very ensilv handled by :i minimum rium- 65 i ments in machines for ipieiiehiiig coke in the litt? Uf llJ- und Will Cause the quenching oren :intl its object is to provide :i readily O the @Oke to a 'temperature :it which the manipulated iiiarliiiie by nieiiiis of which the fruit@ may be handled in a period noi exceedi'oke muy be very rapidly reduced in teming about oiir minutes thus not. materially peinture until :fool enough for handling. lllltl'flillg Will ih@ CXPQOUS handling O 70 l The present invention ig ilcgignm pdrthe volte permitted byfthe type of oven retii'ulzlliy for use iii ('iiiiiierlioii with the tll'td l0. Mitchell type or' volte oven shown in Letters The invention will be best understi'xotl Pittem No, 599,53@ mined .St-Pfambpp 29, fronrii eoiisiilerzitioii of the. following detail pm," in which mm1 vh-m in m1-fiom ilescriptioi'i tolti-ii iii connection with the ac- 75 :zo there is formed :i eolie bloei( of .substantially UUUPHHJPIL 'lltl\\`iligs forming u part of the suine width throughout its length und flu,SPU'HUH- i Wlilh tlfaWDgSI- whit-h muy he pushed hwi'lj: through one liguri" 1 1f il lfflul 'lvigitlidinal section eiiilol' the. oren hy iiieiins oi' :i siiitul'ilepushthrough (me. tnl- 0f il mh? UVC With ODG ing; i'iieuliiiiiisiii :ietiiig on the. hhiek through fol'm if lll@ mVtIllUi ilppllld t-lllel- Fg- 80 5 the other enti of ihn oveii. numerous ad- 2 l5 fm CICVHUU 0f HIC h'll'lltfllll 0f Figl. winzig-tlg resulting; from the :i:-inf this tipe F15;- 3 ilg n elevation 0f Il trunk supported of own iiuionf: which inrqI he noted the lllillchlflgIHQCllaniSm tlapied for operiitin rapidity with which the oven niiiy he dis- "m lllt. 0"@ WGH m :l lmf- Fll-l 4 'l5 an en rliiiifJe-d. the whole time imi-ssiiijv' for ejeet- @ltl'iilli ,f lh" gmc'fmf of ["is'- 3 with the 35 So ing the colte block li'fiiii the oven not'. exfmi'esp'oiiiliiig.end of 'the eolie oren shown t-i-mliiig :about two minutes iiftei the eolie UVQI'M 5W-'UCE longitudinallyftheomhas heen influer-il to n, woiltiihle teiiiperitni'e. ["hl- 5 l5 l* Plm "IEW of il lmnchng midlinelii oi'ilei' to tiilte :iflvnntfige of the i'iipidmd Slllllfl'tlg imt'k Flai-fed for quench' ity 'ih 'which Hip fue luy be disphx'ged lng Olie UI' lllUl'C DVenis llflilltlneOuS-ly. 35 oi thi-l eohe. the quenching of the burning i 1S tl fl'onr eleviitioiiof the structure Uf Elgc-iie to :i )Yori-:shin teiiiiL-i'itlure must lie :is 5f FLY-,7 15"' :l ittul 'W-of il battlly 0f ,Vmigmmly ffm-mui 'Vin-i imm i X sireiiin forming. :ind directing nozzles used wmp nl, 9,1m@ im() ih(- {mitimm iii'eoiiiiection with the quenching structures.

' t hun heretofore heen mistoiiniry to qtzeneh nl" SUUPIW fm'm 0f the quenching mech" 95 40 tlzitiiiriiiii volte hy iiivaiis oi zi stieiiiii of 11F-ism is Illustrated in Figi?- 1 and 2 and jtriiinr rlvliivizvil tr-iii ii lus/e. the voice. of reference will iii-st he had to these figures. murs-theiir; .still iii the oven. This i-c- A coke. oven of the Mitchell type is inquires ii-iiiii twenty-liv@ to -thirty minutes limited :it 1, this type of o-ven consisting of :iiiil :ill the zu'tviiiitnpje diie to the facility :i lontgr und minpnrutively narrow chamber 100 Y, with whieh the mfc-n iiiziy ne discharged of 0f tqlltll tlitillltel lll'flllghout- With the (1001's "fr, voutviits is lost'. It lizi lie-en proposed or opening' iit the ends ofthe same diameter to qiieiwh the colti hy ii x:ins of :i iiiiieliiiie :is tie hofy of the eli-amber while the inlifiiiiig :i sprinkling iiiiul whivli muy be teijioi of the nhziiiiber rises from the ends iiii'oihii-ml into the over. :unl ir.- -il to toward the center zit which latter: point the 105 :in trawl lub?" :intl lli-.vih met the iii-frimiit the cliziige is introduced to he afterward leveled .-oit'e :it thi .simio linie sprinkling iwi-ier :ind burned until there is produced a lono' tiieiiwii. :lrwli iiniz'hiiitv-z :ii-i nl uxppngiyi hlorl; of coke which nia-y he readily ejeete :w-,ufli'u-"ti-an :nini iei'guiietir .survives of iiiithrough one eiil of th. oven by :i suitable Aini-rs. :and .i'ui'thi-riiiort- :ire slow pusher engreging the other end of the coke 110 iii iin-tuition :ipiire-.i-f-liiiig the i :ind musing it io he ejected through the first thm'- roiisuiiicil in the 'iiifii'e generally: (-.nii :mined eiiil of the oven. the coke block being of a width andheight permitting such -iuauipulatioiu the whole operation taking but about two minutes as alread)v stated. W hen the cokiug operation has been coinpleted the whole interior of the oven and the entire mass of the coke block are very hot. Before however the eolie block can be hanv tiled it. is necessary to quench it and reduce its temperature sulliciently to permit handling. This may be done to best advantage by spraying the coke bloei; with water.

ln the structure shown in Figs. l and 2 hook shaped supports 3 are provided on each side of the mouth of the coke oren and these-supports arc'designed to receive the end of a pipe #L which may be made up of a suitable number of tees 1 joined by nipples 5 and terminating at the ends in longer pipe sections sufliciently extensive to rest in the hooks 3. To each tee there is secured a nozzle (i and the structure Vis such that the pipe Acarries a series `of nozzles extending across the opening to the coke 'oven and directed toward the interior of said oven. One end of the. pipe beyond the corresponding hook 3 's rovided with a cap 7. other end ot the pipe beyond the corresponding hook 3 there is provided a union 8 receivingr one end of a hose 9 the other end of `which ma) be connected to a valve l() on the upper-end of a branch pipe 11 rising from a main l2 buried a suitable distance "iu the round and extending along the front of the' ank of ovens.

Fast to the pipe 4 near one end thereof is an arm 13. The free end or' the arm 13 may be provided with an eye. for the reception of the hooked end 14 of an operating rod 15 of sufhcient length so thatthe handle end may be so distant fromthe mouth of the oven that au operator is out of the danger zone caused by the outrush of steam or het gases from the mouth of the oven.

When it is desirable to quench the coke after the burninfT of the charge in the oven has -been complited, 'the closure for the I mouth of the oven is removed and the pipe 4 is hung on the hooks 3 with the nozzles (l directed into the mouth of the-oven and the hose 9 is attached t o the valve 1 0 which latter may then be opened so that there is prt duced a flow of water through the hose 9 into the pipe 4 and from thence in the form of jets from the nozzles into the oven above the coke block 2, and assuming a proper elevation of the discharge end of the nozzles 6 and a sutlicient pressure of water, the jets may reach to the farther end of the coke block. By changing the elevation of the discharge ends of4 the nozzles by rockingr the pipe 4 about its longitudinal axis on the At the,

the other as the operator may desire, the large quantity of water available quickly quenching the coke to a suitable temperature for subsequent handling, the steam generated escaping through the open end or ends of the oven. It will be understood of course,that the battery of nozzles 6 and the pipe -t may be provided at each end of the oven, the arrangement then being a duplicate of'the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and soon as a coke block iu an oven has been suitably quenched the hose 9 may be disconnected from the valve 1l) after the latter has been closed and the pipe t may therbe carried to the next oven to be treatet. and the process of quenching may then be repeated, the structure being' light enough to be handled by one operator so that much tiine is saved without any increase in the ruimher of operators needed.

' Where tracks-alongY the line of ovens are available, then the battery of nozzles 6 may be mounted on a suitable truck 16 ass-howl; in Figs. 3 and 4 or 17 as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. v

Referrin first to the structure shown in Figs. 3 an 1l the-truck 16 is a small easily handled structure but little longer than the Width of the mouth of an oven and this truck is mounted upon wheels 18 adapted to the track indicated at 19, such tracks being commonly provided for apparatus used in connection with the handling of the coke.

'The platform of the truck may overhang),r toward the oven to bring' the structures carried thereby into operative relation to the oven, the truck being adapted to the tracks already available. At the side of the truck' adjacent to the oven there is mounted a frame 20 which may for convenience of construction be made up of pipesY and pipe littings, but of course any other suitable frame structure may be employed. One long side of the frame 20, the side adjacent to the body of the truck. and therefore in operation the lower side is secured to the truck by bearing blocks 20 in which the said lower side of the frame may turn so that the upper long side of the frame may be swung in an arc about. the longitudinal axis of the lower side of the frame thus permitting the movement of the upper long side of the frame to and from the mouth of an oven. The upper long side 'of the frame is in the form of a pipe 21 so supported in the side members of the frame as to be capable of independent rotative movement about its longitudinal axis. The pipe 21 includes a tee .Q best shown in Fig. 7 and this tee is coupled b v a nipple .23 to another tee 24 introduced into the pipe 4 made up of the nipples ;i and tees 4 with the latter carnvirngy nozzles (i similar to the battery of nozzles shown in the structure of Figs. 1 and 2 except that the terminal nozzles of the battery ot' nozzles are eomieeted lo the pipe l by elbows 5 beyond which the pipe l does not extend.

ln the structure shown in Fig. 'i' the nipple 23 iseonnected to 'the pipe ilmidway the length of the latter while the ends of the pipe i are supported and braced by straps l 26. having eye `ends embracing the corresponding portions of the pipe 4 and of the pipe 21 so that, tlie' battery of nozzles will 'participate in any rotative movement ot' the 'pipe Q1 ni the frame 20, the nozzles moving in an are about the longitudinal axis of the pipe 21 :is a center. Y

Fast to the pipe 21 is one end of au arni 27 and to the other end of this arm there is connected a linl; .28 extending and connected to a hand lever 2l) i'nonnted on the. truelc I of which the. frame may its .supports 20' to :in iT desired position and near the side thereof remote from the ovens, the lever 29 being of :in ordinary type capable of being locked in adjusted liiosiiion.

lhe frame 20 is shown as provided with a central cross bar 30 which may also be made of pipe and this bar is coin-noted by a linlt or rod lll to a manipulating lever 32 by means be rocked about there locked, thus {,ierinitting the movement of the pipe. 21; toward or from the nioutli of the oven as the operator rocking of the freine, E20 toward the oven being sutlieiently extensive to permit the introduction of the nozzles (5 to aconsdviable distance into the mouth of the oven if such be desired.

Fast to ilie eross har or pi )e iO'is a shield 33 having the edge. remote roiii the har 30 .secured to the lower member of the traine 2() by brace bars 34 so thatwlien the traine 20 is in operative relation to the mouth of the oven with 'the nozzles'tl introduced thereinto the shield 33 will extend across the lower portion of the i'noutli of the oven with the lower edge of the Shield below the. lower edge of the mouth of the oven and the body of the shield slopingr in an upward direction away from the mouth of the oven toward the cross har 3P.

Piroted at the lower edge to the eros-s har 30 is another shield 235 eonstitutin a eontinuation of the .shield 33 and this shield 35 is connected by a rod or link 3G to a manipulating lever 37 by means of which the shield 35 may he looked in adjusted positions.

Mounted on the truck 11" is a valve 38 liaving a hose 9 attached thereto for coupling-r I of the valves l0 e the valve 3S to any one posed along the line of ovens :it the upper ends of the branch pipe 11 coming from llnl main 1 2. The valv 38 is eonnvfrted by a flexible pipe o." hose 39 lo one end ot the ipe 21, the other eud thereof being clos-od.

he valve 38 is under the control of a nianipulating rod 4G having its accessible rnd .sup-

niay desire, the

lported by a standard il adjaeent to li'e i manipulating levers: for the rest of the straf-- t ture so to be within ready rearh of an l operator. i When trie coke bloei: within an ovfn i l ready for quenching the truck lo is moved i into proper position in front of the mouth i of the oven, ilie whole structure being solil eiently lig-hi. to be readily pualied into posi ltion by hand. 'l'lie hose l) is coupled liei tween the valves l() and 38 and the. valve 1U i may then he ooen'erl, the valve 33 being` at i the time elosedl By the proper manipolation of the lever 32 the frame 2O is. inovoil toward the mouth oiF the oren until the no1/.-

z'ies fi are iinri'idueed thereinto sind the lever 3,7 is manipulated to canse the shield :.'i to cove." the month or the oven to u entieii-ni i extent to prevent esi'iiping gases and xt-ani reaching an operator .standing at the side ol' the truck remote from the oven. Non' by a proper manipulation of the rod l() and lever 2li. :streams of Wale :ire caused to liow from the nuziali-.s ti into the oven. ilie foi-re ol' the stream being eontrolled b v :i suitable manipf nlatioii of the valve 251% :ind the elevation oi" the stre-iurisbeiug controlled by i: suitable manipulation of the lever 2l! :uiting through the rod or link L8 and ai'iii i?? on the pipe 21 lwith which latter ilu nozzles move.

-Xi opeiator stun-ding on the trnrlf with the lever 'll and rod 41') within rein-li may direi-t streams of water upon the eokf block :its reqnirwl while protected from the outiush of .steam :ind gases by the .shieldi` :lll and 5ST. but lie shield 3.3 may he so adjusted a to permit ilie operator observing the interior of the eolie. oven over the top of the shield 35 while still protected the said shield from the direct ruffli ol' the .sti-:iin and Mis-v. The struc-ture ot' Figs. and 4 permits llo quenvliiug ot the volte bloei; as .xpeiltiousl-v as the sti'nrtiire of Figs. 1 and i). and with :i f minimum of labor. Where ir is desirabillo i qi enih more than one oven at :i time 'lnstrnfture of Figs. 5 and only beeniployed. this si: Lieure differing from the strut-ture of Figs. 3 and i iii providing :i trut-li sailiovens. 'lhe truf'lt ll of Figs. 5 :ind t' is prol vided at eaeli end with a frame 520 willi the. adjaeen ends of the lower menilier of the two frames eoni'ievted togethei by a reaeh pipe liar 42 so that the two .frames will move together. The pipes.' 21 eonsiinfing the opper iuen'iliers of the fi-anA s il() are ron- ''znued bevond the adjarenl ends of the I frame# :ind where they moet thevare coupled together b v ."nitable flanges 43 with an iuterpose-il web cutting oil communication from one pipe 2l to the other. The two traine :51.1 therefore heroine in elli-ffl one i franse as loir"lf :is the elongated trnvli i..

eientli lou;r to iin-lode more than one oven at the end connected b The battery'of nozzles 6 of each frameQO i is so located as to^be introducible into the end. or mouth of a corresponding oven, but these ovens wild be separated by an intervening oven to which the structure is inactive whenoperating upon the separated ovens. The rest of the structure is similar -to that of Figs. 3 and 4 except that the valve 38 to which the hose 9 connects is included in a pipe44 on the floor of the truck and this pipe 44 is in turn eonnectedto an intermediate point oi another .pipe 45 extending from one end to the other of the truck and respective flexible pipes S9 to. the outer ends of the pipes :'21,

In the pipe 45 between che point o connection therewith to the pipe 44and the end 'of the ipe 45 'connected by a fieirible pi e 39 to t e pipe 21 at one end of the trucs, there is introduced a. valve 46. Also 'the le- Vver 32 for controlling the position of 'the frame is connected to a rock shaft 47 which in turn is connected at one end by a rod or `link 31 to the corresponding Irarne 2O so that the two frames may be moved simultaneously b means of the one controlling lever 32. Trie shaft 47 may be made hollow `and another rock shaft 48 extends 'therethrough and beyond the ends thereof, this last' named shaftbeing connected at one end .to thelever 3'( for operating the shield 35 While the other end of the shaft 48 is connected by a. link or rod 36 to the corresponding shield at the other end of the truck. By

this means a single operator may spray two ovens simultaneously, thus correspondingly facilitatin the operation. If at any time it be advisab e ,to spray but one oven at a time with the structure of Figs. 5 and 6, then the ialve 46 may be closed' and Water admitted to the pipe 44 throu h the valve 38 will. pass to but one battery o nozzles 6.

During the first part of the operation of ruenching the coke, it is not necessaryY that tie o erator should watch the proce and there ore the screen may be in its most elevated position to protect the operator from the ou'trushing hot gases ,or steam.

` As the operation progresses the screen or 5f? be repeated.

Since the Mitchell type of coke oven admits of the rapid expulsion of the coke, many ovens ma be discharged one after the other by a single nusliing apparatus. in

5 a comparatively brief period of time, but

evase? unless the quenching of the coke to a temperature at which the coke may be handled .rceps pace with the possible rapidity oi operation of the usher, the advantage of the oven for facilitating rapidity of operation is lost. But the present invention provides a means for quenching the coke with such rapidity that a`serics of ovens ma)y be prepared for the act-ion of the pushing apparatus as rapidl)7 as th, latter can operate to expel the coke, and this preparation not only requires a minimum oi time but a n1i"-inium of labor since a single operator may cause the quenching of the ovens as or more rapidly than the mechanism used for discharging the coke from the oven 'can be made to operate.

vVhat is claimed iszl.l quenching a paratns for coke ovens, comprising means or directing Water into the oven over the coke block therein, a support for the water directing means on which the latter is movaole about an axis transan operator for moving the water directing means on its axis.

3. 'A quenching apparatus for coke ovens,` comprising a suitable carrier movable into operative relation to the mouth of an oven, a. support on the carrier movable With reference to the carrier into and out of operative relation to the mouth of the oven, a, battery of water directing nozzles on said support extending in a direction across the mouth of the oven, and means on said carrier for elevating and depressing the discharge ends of the nozzles at will..

A quenching apparatus for colte ovens, comprising a suitable carrier movable into operative relation to the mouth of an oven, a Suppcrt on the carrier movable with referonce to the carrier into and out oi: operative relation to the mouth of the oven, a battery of water directing nozzles on said carrier extending in a direction across the month of the oven, means on said carrier for elevating and depressing the discharge ends of the nozzles at will, and a shield on the carrier movable at will into operative relation te the mouth of the oven.

5. A quenching apparatus for coke ovens, comprising a suitable carrier movable into operativcrelntion to the mouth of an oven, a snpprt ofi `the carrier movable with reference to the carrier into and out o operative relation to the mouth of the oven, a battery of water directing nozzles on said carrier extending 1n a direction across the mouth of .the oven, means on said carrier for elevating and 'depressing the discharge ends of the nozzles at will, ak shield on the carrier mov` able nt will into operative relation to the mouth of the oven, and another shield on the carrier enacting with the first named shield.

6. A quenching apparatus tor coke ovens, comprising a suitable carrier movable into operative relation to the mouth of an oven, a supportl on the .carrier movable with refer# ence to the carrier into and out of operative relation tothe mouth of thel oven, a battery of water directing nozzles on said carrier exi.

tending in a direction across the mouth .of the carrier, means on said carrier for elevating and depressing'the discharge ends ol' the -nozzles at will, a relatively fixed shield on the carrier movable with the latter into operative relation with the lower` part of the mouth of the oven, and an adjustable shield on theearrier movable with relation to the upper part of the mouth of the oven atAwill. 7. In a quenching a )paratus for coke ovens, a linear battery o nozzles, means for .xpporting said battery onozzlis in substantially transverse relatief; to the mouth of the oven, and means for the elevation and depression of the discharge ends of the nozzles at will.

8. In a quenching apparatus for coke.

ovens, means for directing water onto the eolie Within the oven, and a shield movable l inte operative relation to the mouth of the oven to protect an operator fr om the outrush of steam, said shield having a member movable at will while the apparatus is in operation to expose the upper portion of the mouth of the oven to view.

t). In a quenching apparatus for coke I ovens, a `suitable Carrier movable into operative relation to the mouth of an oven, a support thereon movable to and from the mouth of the oven, a linear battery of nozzles carried by the support, a. shield carried by the natures in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS J. MITCHELL. JAMES A. MCCREARY. Witnesses: l

JAMES M. Snsrm,

support. and operating means' for elevating l and depressing the discharge ends of the as our own, '.ve have hereto aixed our sig-` 

